Word: darmstadt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Patton lost no time in seizing his opportunity. The day after his crossing he struck boldly, dashed nearly 30 miles through and around Darmstadt, entered Frankfurt, the Reich's ninth city. More important, the Third seized a Main bridge south of Frankfurt, put another force along the river opposite Hanau, ten miles east of Frankfurt. If Patton were to be held back, the Germans would have to match his speed - and they never...
After last week's heavy bombing of Darmstadt (pop. 115,500), the Allies heard rumors that explosions had burst tanks of chlorine and other poison gases at chemical plants. Stockholm's Aftontidningen (Evening News) reported details: there were more casualties from the gas than from the bombs. A gas alarm was sounded in Germany for the first time. Darmstadt's population was told that Americans had dropped gas bombs. Several days later, when a thick sulphurous cloud still hovered over the city, the Germans had to retract this story...
...graduate of the University of Darmstadt, and a native of Weisbaden, Germany, Lange came to this country 11 years ago. He invented the "Weather balloon," which relays high-altitude weather conditions by means of a small transmitter. He taught Geography courses dealing with aeronautical meteorology...
...years since he came over from Germany, Lange has won fame as inventor of the "weather balloon," a device which transmits meteorological information by means of a small radio. A native of Woisbaden and a graduate of the University of Darmstadt, Lange had taught here for five years...
...native of Wiesbaden, Germany, and graduate of the University of Darmstadt, Lange was married in 1933 to Elizabeth P. Wright of Wellesley Hills, and has been teaching here five years...